Limitation of Duty-Free Imports of Apparel Articles Assembled in Haiti Under the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (CBERA), as Amended by the Haitian Hemispheric Opportunity Through Partnership Encouragement Act (HOPE), 70148-70149 [2019-27503]
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Dated: December 16, 2019.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance.
purposes, the written description of the
scope of this investigation is dispositive.
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Appendix—Scope of the Orders
The merchandise covered by these orders
is all grades of liquid or aqueous acetone.
Acetone is also known under the
International Union of Pure and Applied
Chemistry (IUPAC) name propan-2-one. In
addition to the IUPAC name, acetone is also
referred to as +-ketopropane (or betaketopropane), ketone propane, methyl
ketone, dimethyl ketone, DMK, dimethyl
carbonyl, propanone, 2-propanone, dimethyl
formaldehyde, pyroacetic acid, pyroacetic
ether, and pyroacetic spirit. Acetone is an
isomer of the chemical formula C3H6O, with
a specific molecular formula of CH3COCH3 or
(CH3)2CO.
The scope covers both pure acetone (with
or without impurities) and acetone that is
combined or mixed with other products,
including, but not limited to, isopropyl
alcohol, benzene, diethyl ether, methanol,
chloroform, and ethanol. Acetone that has
been combined with other products is
included within the scope, regardless of
whether the combining occurs in third
countries.
The scope also includes acetone that is
commingled with acetone from sources not
subject to this investigation.
For combined and commingled products,
only the acetone component is covered by
the scope of this investigation. However,
when acetone is combined with acetone
components from sources not subject to this
investigation, those third country acetone
components may still be subject to other
acetone investigations.
Notwithstanding the foregoing language, an
acetone combination or mixture that is
transformed through a chemical reaction into
another product, such that, for example, the
acetone can no longer be separated from the
other products through a distillation process
(e.g., methyl methacrylate (MMA) or
Bisphenol A (BPA)), is excluded from this
investigation.
A combination or mixture is excluded from
these investigations if the total acetone
component (regardless of the source or
sources) comprises less than 5 percent of the
combination or mixture, on a dry weight
basis.
The Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS)
registry number for acetone is 67–64–1.
The merchandise covered by this
investigation is currently classifiable under
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United
States (HTSUS) subheadings 2914.11.1000
and 2914.11.5000. Combinations or mixtures
of acetone may enter under subheadings in
Chapter 38 of the HTSUS, including, but not
limited to, those under heading
3814.00.1000, 3814.00.2000, 3814.00.5010,
and 3814.00.5090. The list of items found
under these HTSUS subheadings is nonexhaustive. Although these HTSUS
subheadings and CAS registry number are
provided for convenience and customs
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
Limitation of Duty-Free Imports of
Apparel Articles Assembled in Haiti
Under the Caribbean Basin Economic
Recovery Act (CBERA), as Amended
by the Haitian Hemispheric
Opportunity Through Partnership
Encouragement Act (HOPE)
International Trade
Administration, Department of
Commerce.
ACTION: Notification of Annual
Quantitative Limit on Imports of Certain
Apparel from Haiti.
AGENCY:
CBERA, as amended,
provides duty-free treatment for certain
apparel articles imported directly from
Haiti. One of the preferences is known
as the ‘‘value-added’’ provision, which
requires that apparel meet a minimum
threshold percentage of value added in
Haiti, the United States, and/or certain
beneficiary countries. The provision is
subject to a quantitative limitation,
which is calculated as a percentage of
total apparel imports into the United
States for each 12-month annual period.
For the annual period from December
20, 2019 through December 19, 2020,
the quantity of imports eligible for
preferential treatment under the valueadded provision is 376,935,586 square
meters equivalent.
DATES: The new limitation takes effect
on December 20, 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Laurie Mease, International Trade
Specialist, Office of Textiles and
Apparel, U.S. Department of Commerce,
(202) 482–2043.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Authority: Section 213A of the
Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act
(19 U.S.C. 2703a) (‘‘CBERA’’), as
amended; and as implemented by
Presidential Proc. No. 8114, 72 FR
13655 (March 22, 2007), and No. 8596,
75 FR 68153 (November 4, 2010).
Background: Section 213A(b)(1)(B) of
CBERA, as amended (19 U.S.C.
2703a(b)(1)(B)), outlines the
requirements for certain apparel articles
imported directly from Haiti to qualify
for duty-free treatment under a ‘‘valueadded’’ provision. In order to qualify for
duty-free treatment, apparel articles
must be wholly assembled, or knit-toshape, in Haiti from any combination of
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fabrics, fabric components, components
knit-to-shape, and yarns, as long as the
sum of the cost or value of materials
produced in Haiti or one or more
beneficiary countries, as described in
CBERA, as amended, or any
combination thereof, plus the direct
costs of processing operations
performed in Haiti or one or more
beneficiary countries, as described in
CBERA, as amended, or any
combination thereof, is not less than an
applicable percentage of the declared
customs value of such apparel articles.
Pursuant to CBERA, as amended, the
applicable percentage for the period
December 20, 2019 through December
19, 2020, is 60 percent.
For every twelve-month period
following the effective date of CBERA,
as amended, duty-free treatment under
the value-added provision is subject to
a quantitative limitation. CBERA, as
amended, provides that the quantitative
limitation will be recalculated for each
subsequent 12-month period. Section
213A(b)(1)(C) of CBERA, as amended
(19 U.S.C. 2703a(b)(1)(C)), requires that,
for the twelve-month period beginning
on December 20, 2019, the quantitative
limitation for qualifying apparel
imported from Haiti under the valueadded provision will be an amount
equivalent to 1.25 percent of the
aggregate square meter equivalent of all
apparel articles imported into the
United States in the most recent 12month period for which data are
available.
The aggregate square meters
equivalent of all apparel articles
imported into the United States is
derived from the set of Harmonized
System lines listed in the Annex to the
World Trade Organization Agreement
on Textiles and Clothing (‘‘ATC’’), and
the conversion factors for units of
measure into square meter equivalents
used by the United States in
implementing the ATC. For purposes of
this notice, the most recent 12-month
period for which data are available as of
December 20, 2019 is the 12-month
period ending on October 31, 2019.
Therefore, for the one-year period
beginning on December 20, 2019 and
extending through December 19, 2020,
the quantity of imports eligible for
preferential treatment under the valueadded provision is 376,935,586 square
meters equivalent. Apparel articles
entered in excess of these quantities will
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Macaroni), Tesa SrL (Tesa), and
Valdigrano di Flavio Pagani S.r.L.
(Valdigrano di Flavio).2
On September 13, 2019, Pasta Lensi
timely withdrew its request for a
review.3 On October 29, 2019, Indalco
timely withdrew its request for a
review.4 On December 6, 2019, Aldino
timely withdrew its request for a
review.5 No other party requested an
administrative review of these
companies.
be subject to otherwise applicable
tariffs.
Lloyd Wood,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Textiles,
Consumer Goods, and Materials.
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Partial Rescission of the 2018–2019
Administrative Review
Certain Pasta From Italy: Notice of
Partial Rescission of Antidumping
Duty Administrative Review
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
DATES: Applicable December 20, 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jonathan Hall-Eastman or Joy Zhang,
AD/CVD Operations, Office III,
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–1468 or
(202) 482–1168, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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AGENCY:
Background
On July 1, 2019, the Department of
Commerce (Commerce) published a
notice of opportunity to request an
administrative review of the
antidumping duty order on certain pasta
from Italy.1 Pursuant to requests from
interested parties, and in accordance
with section 751(a) of the Tariff Act of
1930, amended (the Act), Commerce
published in the Federal Register the
notice of initiation of an antidumping
duty administrative review with respect
to the following companies covering the
period July 1, 2018, through June 30,
2019:
Aldino S.r.l. (Aldino), F. Divella
S.p.A. (F. Divella), Ghigi 1870 S.p.A.
(Ghigi), Industria Alimentare Colavita
S.p.A. (Indalco), La Molisana S.p.A. (La
Molisana), Liguori Pastificio dal 1820
S.p.A. (Liguori Pastificio), Newlat Food
S.p.A. (Newlat Food), Pastificio Fratelli
DeLuca S.r.l. (Pastificio Fratelli), Pasta
Lensi, S.r.l. (Pasta Lensi), Pasta Zara
S.p.A. (Pasta Zara), Pasta Berruto S.p.A.
(Pasta Berruto), Pastificio Di Martino
Gaetano & Flli S.p.A. (Pastificio Di
Martino), Pastificio Rey S.r.L. (Pastificio
Rey), Rummo S.p.A. (Rummo), San
Remo Macaroni Company (San Remo
1 See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order,
Finding, or Suspended Investigation; Opportunity
To Request Administrative Review, 84 FR 31295
(July 1, 2019).
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Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1),
Commerce will rescind an
administrative review, in whole or in
part, if the parties that requested a
review withdraw the request within 90
days of the date of publication of the
notice of initiation of the requested
review. All of the aforementioned
withdrawal requests were timely
submitted and no other interested party
requested an administrative review of
these particular companies. Therefore,
in accordance with 19 CFR
351.213(d)(1), and consistent with our
practice,6 we are rescinding this review
of the antidumping duty order on
certain pasta from Italy, in part, with
respect to Aldino, Indalco, and Pasta
Lensi.
The review will continue with respect
to the following companies: F. Divella,
Ghigi/Zara,7 La Molisana, Liguori
Pastificio, Newlat Food, Pastificio
Fratelli, Pasta Berruto, Pastificio Di
Martino, Pastificio Rey, Rummo, San
2 See
Initiation of Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 84 FR
47244 (September 9, 2019) (Initiation Notice).
3 See Pasta Lensi’s Letter, ‘‘Pasta from Italy:
Withdrawal of Request for Administrative Review,’’
dated September 13, 2019.
4 See Indalco’s Letter, ‘‘Certain Pasta From Italy:
Withdrawal of Request for
Antidumping Administrative Review of Indalco
S.p.A.,’’ dated October 29, 2019.
5 See Aldino’s Letter, ‘‘Pasta From Italy;
Withdrawal of Request for Administrative Review,’’
dated December 6, 2019.
6 See, e.g., Certain Lined Paper Products from
India: Notice of Partial Rescission of Antidumping
Duty Administrative Review and Extension of Time
Limit for the Preliminary Results of Antidumping
Duty Administrative Review, 74 FR 21781 (May 11,
2009); see also Carbon Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings
from Thailand: Rescission of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review, 74 FR 7218 (February 13,
2009).
7 We have collapased Ghigi 1870 S.p.A. and Pasta
Zara S.p.A. (collectively Ghigi/Zara) since the
2015–2016 administrative review. See Certain Pasta
From Italy: Final Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review; 2015–2016, 82 FR 57428
(December 5, 2017); see also Certain Pasta From
Italy: Final Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review; 2016–2017, 83 FR 63627
(December 11, 2018).
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di Flavio.
Assessment
Commerce will instruct Customs and
Border Protection (CBP) to assess
antidumping duties on all appropriate
entries. For the companies for which
this review is rescinded, Aldino,
Indalco, and Pasta Lensi, antidumping
duties shall be assessed at rates equal to
the cash deposit of estimated
antidumping duties required at the time
of entry, or withdrawal from warehouse,
for consumption, during the period July
1, 2018, through June 30, 2019, in
accordance with 19 CFR
351.212(c)(1)(i).
Commerce intends to issue
appropriate assessment instructions
directly to CBP 15 days after publication
of this notice.
Notification to Importers
This notice serves as a reminder to
importers of their responsibility under
19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate
regarding the reimbursement of
antidumping and/or countervailing
duties prior to liquidation of the
relevant entries during this review
period. Failure to comply with this
requirement could result in Commerce’s
presumption that reimbursement of
antidumping and/or countervailing
duties occurred and the subsequent
assessment of doubled antidumping
duties.
Notification Regarding Administrative
Protective Order
This notice serves as a final reminder
to parties subject to administrative
protective order (APO) of their
responsibility concerning the
disposition of proprietary information
disclosed under an APO in accordance
with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3), which
continues to govern business
proprietary information in this segment
of the proceeding. Timely written
notification of the return/destruction of
APO materials or conversion to judicial
protective order is hereby requested.
Failure to comply with the regulations
and terms of an APO is a violation
which is subject to sanction.
This notice is issued and published in
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and
777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR
351.213(d)(4).
Dated: December 16, 2019.
James Maeder,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping
and Countervailing Duty Operations.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
Limitation of Duty-Free Imports of Apparel Articles Assembled in
Haiti Under the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (CBERA), as
Amended by the Haitian Hemispheric Opportunity Through Partnership
Encouragement Act (HOPE)
AGENCY: International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notification of Annual Quantitative Limit on Imports of Certain
Apparel from Haiti.
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SUMMARY: CBERA, as amended, provides duty-free treatment for certain
apparel articles imported directly from Haiti. One of the preferences
is known as the ``value-added'' provision, which requires that apparel
meet a minimum threshold percentage of value added in Haiti, the United
States, and/or certain beneficiary countries. The provision is subject
to a quantitative limitation, which is calculated as a percentage of
total apparel imports into the United States for each 12-month annual
period. For the annual period from December 20, 2019 through December
19, 2020, the quantity of imports eligible for preferential treatment
under the value-added provision is 376,935,586 square meters
equivalent.
DATES: The new limitation takes effect on December 20, 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Laurie Mease, International Trade
Specialist, Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S. Department of
Commerce, (202) 482-2043.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Authority: Section 213A of the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery
Act (19 U.S.C. 2703a) (``CBERA''), as amended; and as implemented by
Presidential Proc. No. 8114, 72 FR 13655 (March 22, 2007), and No.
8596, 75 FR 68153 (November 4, 2010).
Background: Section 213A(b)(1)(B) of CBERA, as amended (19 U.S.C.
2703a(b)(1)(B)), outlines the requirements for certain apparel articles
imported directly from Haiti to qualify for duty-free treatment under a
``value-added'' provision. In order to qualify for duty-free treatment,
apparel articles must be wholly assembled, or knit-to-shape, in Haiti
from any combination of fabrics, fabric components, components knit-to-
shape, and yarns, as long as the sum of the cost or value of materials
produced in Haiti or one or more beneficiary countries, as described in
CBERA, as amended, or any combination thereof, plus the direct costs of
processing operations performed in Haiti or one or more beneficiary
countries, as described in CBERA, as amended, or any combination
thereof, is not less than an applicable percentage of the declared
customs value of such apparel articles. Pursuant to CBERA, as amended,
the applicable percentage for the period December 20, 2019 through
December 19, 2020, is 60 percent.
For every twelve-month period following the effective date of
CBERA, as amended, duty-free treatment under the value-added provision
is subject to a quantitative limitation. CBERA, as amended, provides
that the quantitative limitation will be recalculated for each
subsequent 12-month period. Section 213A(b)(1)(C) of CBERA, as amended
(19 U.S.C. 2703a(b)(1)(C)), requires that, for the twelve-month period
beginning on December 20, 2019, the quantitative limitation for
qualifying apparel imported from Haiti under the value-added provision
will be an amount equivalent to 1.25 percent of the aggregate square
meter equivalent of all apparel articles imported into the United
States in the most recent 12-month period for which data are available.
The aggregate square meters equivalent of all apparel articles
imported into the United States is derived from the set of Harmonized
System lines listed in the Annex to the World Trade Organization
Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (``ATC''), and the conversion
factors for units of measure into square meter equivalents used by the
United States in implementing the ATC. For purposes of this notice, the
most recent 12-month period for which data are available as of December
20, 2019 is the 12-month period ending on October 31, 2019.
Therefore, for the one-year period beginning on December 20, 2019
and extending through December 19, 2020, the quantity of imports
eligible for preferential treatment under the value-added provision is
376,935,586 square meters equivalent. Apparel articles entered in
excess of these quantities will
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be subject to otherwise applicable tariffs.
Lloyd Wood,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Textiles, Consumer Goods, and Materials.
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